The Red Shoes (Illustrated Edition)

A peasant girl named Karen is adopted by a rich old lady. Before her adoption Karen had a rough pair of red shoes, and now she persuades her adoptive mother to buy her a pair of red shoes fit for a princess. Karen attends a party in her new red shoes. A mysterious soldier appears and makes strange remarks about what beautiful dancing shoes Karen has. Soon after, Karen begins to dance and she can't stop… “The Red Shoes” is a fairy tale by the Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875). It was first published in 1845. It was translated in English by Charles Beckwith Lohmeyer (1810-1874) in 1847. The ebook contains some beautiful illustrations by Vilhelm Pedersen (1820-1859), Alfred Walter Bayes (1832-1909), Anne Anderson (1874-1930).